Gilgamesh – Ben Haggarty, with music by Jonah Brody
Schedule
Thu, 09 Jan, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
The Cube Microplex | Bristol, EN
A bored kingA wild man
A quest for eternal life
And the deepest secrets of the gods
Over 3,500 years after this ancient Sumerian epic was first etched into clay tablets, world renowned storyteller Ben Haggarty, and multi-instrumentalist Jonah Brody, bring Gilgamesh to the stage in an extraordinary and powerful telling of one of the oldest stories in the world.
Haggarty's bold and physical performance is underscored by the uncanny psychedelia of Brody's music. The result is passionate, fast-paced epic, laced with humour.
Goddesses are insulted and appeased by turn, supernatural beings are slain, apocalypse is averted, and our anti-hero turned hero, discovers what it really is to be a man.
'VIVID, RICH AND IMPOSINGLY EPIC' ★★★★ Dominic Maxwell, The Times
'I WAS SPELLBOUND - I DON'T USE THE WORD LIGHTLY' Erica Wagner, The Times
'BLOODY BRILLIANT' Time Out
'AN IMMENSE TALENT' ★★★★ Everything Theatre
Tickets: £12
Suitable for: adults 14+
Running time: 120 mins plus interval
Doors: 7.30pm Starts: 8pm
BOOK NOW: https://hdfst.uk/e119124
Content warning: This performance may contain descriptions of birth, death, sex, threat and violence, contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype and metaphor.
Where is it happening?
The Cube Microplex, Dove Street South,Bristol, United Kingdom
